Retail activities are more and more regulated. This regulation requires efficient management and decision support tools. In this framework, the University of Liège, in Belgium, work to implement this kind ... [more ▼]

Retail activities are more and more regulated. This regulation requires efficient management and decision support tools. In this framework, the University of Liège, in Belgium, work to implement this kind of tool on the Walloon Region. In this tool, a cartographic interface allows to locate, analyse and quantify retail supply.The interactive and multidimensional tool makes the diagnosis of a reference territory (the market area of a retail project) while permitting the implementation of a participative space regrouping the actors at least at two scales:intra communal and supra communal improving the governance in this sector. [less ▲]